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Kindling Warms the Heart in Buffalo

To the rest of the world, Buffalo is Siberia. Part of a gulag of rust-belt cities, hamstrung together by uncouth ways of living. Grammatically challenged, this writer wonders whether he will ever be making any sense at all. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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WANT

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CES: Hearst to Show Off The Skiff Reader

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Unfortunately, there are no pricing or release date details yet for the Skiff, but it will be on display at CES this week so we’ll be able to take a look very soon. Check out some new photos of the Skiff Reader below and let us know what you think.  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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THRIVE

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Barnes And Noble's E-Reader Is Called "Nook"

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Barnes & Noble's e-book reader will be called the "Nook" and it will cost $259 reports the Wall Street Journal. The Journal saw an ad for the Nook taken out by B&N for the Sunday Book Review. According to the ad, you'll be able to lend books to fri [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Kindle 2 goes to $259 - want one now?

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This just in: the Kindle 2 is falling from $299 to $259 and they will be selling an international version with built-in AT&T SIM card for $279 on October 19. Quoth the suits: “Kindle has revolutionized the way we purchase and read books, by m [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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BELIEVE

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Steve Jobs: Apple Tablet Is Going To Destroy The Kindle

Apple is reportedly working on a tablet computer -- sort of a big iPod touch -- which could be used as an e-book reader, Internet browsing device, movie viewer, game machine, etc.  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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2010 – Year of the E-book Reader?

After a long wait in the shadows, E-books look set to become big business next year. Being able to read a vast library of books, magazines and newspapers on a small handheld device is becoming increasingly attractive to consumers and manufacturers  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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APPROVE

OBJECT

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Teen sues kindle for deleting 1984 along w/ his notes

In case you haven't followed this story, Amazon quietly and secretly deleted George Orwell's 1984 on everyone's Kindle because of a licensing issue. Now, this kid, who lost all of his notes along with the book (apparently Kindles let you add notes to [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Amazon Opens Kindle to Bloggers, But Will Readers Want to Pay?

One of the benefits of Amazon’s (AMZN) Kindle reader is portable access to content. There’s a deep library of books and an increasing pool of subscription content. One of the detriments singled out by some camps is the Kindle’s closed environmen [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Apple sued for promoting iPhone as eBook reader

A overseas communications firm is suing Apple for promoting its iPhone handset as a touchscreen digital book reader, a concept it claims to have patented over seven years ago. In a 7-page complaint filed with a Virginia district court Monday, Berne [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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If it were speech to text, broadcasters would be mad about Kindle

The tech pundits are dismissing the Author's Guild objection to the Kindle text to speech as frivolous, but if it were speech to text, they'd be mad. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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10 reasons to buy a Kindle 2… and 10 reasons not to

Having used both Kindles 1 and 2, I thought it would helpful to list where the new Kindle excels and where it falters. The dead tree book will never die - I think it will even have more longevity and popularity than the boutique appreciation of vinyl  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Author claims Kindle text to speech is stealing audio rights

Author Roy Blount, president of the Authors Guild, is outraged about Amazon's Kindle 2: Its computer-generated voice is so good, Roy says, that it might put audiobooks out of business! And Amazon isn't paying publishers or authors for audio rights! [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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